Improvement in ditching-flows



G. CHAMBERLIN.

Mole Plow, N0.'107,162. Patented Sept. 6, 1870.

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GEORGE OHAMBERLIN,

OE OLEAN, NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GHAMBERLIN, of

Olean, in the county of Oattaraugus and State ot New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in -Ditching-Plows forAunder-draining meadows and ,other wet lands, and for other purposes;'and the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part ot'thissspeciiication, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view elevationot' myimproved implement for makin blind ditches' or underah'ainsi'o'rmeadows, and ot 1er wet lands.

Figure 2 shows a rear-end view of the plow for leaving a round underpassage for water.

Figure 3 shows the same, with the sheath to enlarge the opening in atriangular form.

Figure 4 shows the same, with another modification of form forunder-draining, or loosening the subsoil under the surface.

Sheaths of other forms and sizes may be used, as desired, with orwithout mold-boards.

The object of my invention is` to cut deep blind ditches or under-drainsin Llow lands and wet meadows without removing-or throwing 11p any of'the earth ou or above the sod or surface oft-he ground.

My invention consists in the long, sharp pointed, metal cone, asconnected with a thin colter or cuttingblade so formed in a draf` -beamthat it cuts upward thorough 'the soil and sod, the cone, at the sametime, compressing the earth outward underneath, so as to leave a smooth,well-formed pipe or space tor'a oon,- duit for thewater to drain olf orrun freely in undernea-th the surface.

To enable others to make and use my improved under-draining plow, I willdescribe it more fully, referring to the drawing, and to the lettersmarked thereon.

The beam, A, may be of cast meta-l, with the colter or cutting-blade, B,cast with it; the sharp, angular curved edge, b b, may be chilled, so asto makea very sharp and durable cutting-edge.

Ou the bottom of the colter, and centrally with it, is secured a long,tapering, hollow cone, C, the point c terminating with the sharp pointof the cutter b, which enters easily into the earth in soft wet soil,and, as it is drawn along, forces the earth outward, compressing itiusuch a manner as to leave a smooth channel or pipe for the water torun oi in, and thus drain the sultface.

The implement, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, is designed to form a roundopening, which, in most soil, will probably he the best. '-Oones ot'various sizes may be placed on over the stationary.1 cone O, so that anysized drain may be made with the implement that may be desired. v v

A Vtriangular-shaped socket, D, and point may be placed on and over thecone O, as seen in tig. 3, so as to leave the under-drain in that shape.This form may be desirable for making large drains, as it works a littleeasier than the round cone O.

A socket, E, of the form shown in fig. 4, may be placed at thecone-point C, which will admirably answer the purposes of asubsoil-plow. By running the furrows near together the earth underneaththe snrface will be out and loosened in the'best'maunerpossible withoutturning any of the subsoil onto the surface- Sockets of other forms maybe used, as desired, and points with mold-boards on one, both, or'eitherside may be used so as to make a right or let't plow to turn over thesurface soil, they requiring no other fastening, only to be iitted tothe cone-point 0,'thus making a simple and cheap agricultural implement,that can be readily and easily changed for various uses.

For the purpose ot -nnder-draining wetnleadows and low lands theabove-described plow has been thoroughly and practically tested, andtund to be superior to anything that has ever before come to myknowledge.

What I claim as mynvention, anfedesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein described construction of' the beam A, blade B, andcone-point C, the latter being fitted to receive the angular cones D andE, the pieces D and E being removable and iilterchaugable, as and forthe purpose specilied.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name iu the presence ot'-GEORGE GHAMBERLIN.

Witnesses:

CHAs. H. POOLE, W. J. Kustom.

